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Budget committee review finds pandemic-era revenue swings and flags vacancies as oversight priority
Summary
The Budget & Appropriations Committee heard a Budget Legislative Analyst report showing FY2020–21 general fund revenues of about $5.7 billion and expenditures near $5.0 billion, and the chair warned that long‑held, budgeted vacancies have been treated as a 'cash cow' needing stricter scrutiny.
The San Francisco County Budget and Appropriations Committee on May 4 heard the Budget Legislative Analyst’s (BLA) report on the performance of the city’s general fund and pledged tighter oversight of long‑standing vacant positions.
BLA presenter Dan Goucher told the committee that ‘‘general fund actual revenues in fiscal year 2020–21 were 5,700,000,000,’’ while actual expenditures were roughly $5,000,000,000, noting pandemic‑related declines in business and hotel tax revenues that were partially offset by stronger property tax receipts. The BLA recommended several policy options, including asking the…
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